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Richard is known as a hands-on, technology entrepreneur with a track record of building and transforming early-stage technology companies such as Ensygnia, Swivel Secure, Mobix, SAVortex, Clearswift and Tumbleweed.

Previously at Mobix he personally led the development of an innovative and patented authenticated telephony solution for the banking and financial services industry. The solution, Authenticall, was sold to Swivel Secure after just 18 months and saw Richard being named Digital Entrepreneur of the Year for Security Innovation in 2010.

As Chief Executive and a founder of Ensygnia, Richard developed and patented a visual alternative to NFC called Onescan.

Ensygnia has designed and developed an instant interaction platform that allows customers to use their smartphone to immediately react and engage with almost any piece of marketing material that has a ‘call to action’ – whether that’s ordering goods, registering for a service, booking a trip, making a payment or claiming a reward.

These interactions can be triggered from an email, a text message, a website, a poster, an advert or a sign inside a store, hotel, airport or restaurant – basically anything your smartphone can receive or its camera can see, can be used to trigger the interaction.

In his spare time, he enjoys Ceroc & Scuba, is an active campaigner for the rights of vulnerable adults and mental health issues working with Zacchaeus 2000 Trust and Mental Health Research UK as well as mentoring Nicholas Fearn a young man with Asperger’s who created gadgetxpert.co.uk.

Also enjoys mucking around with molten glass, composing music, painting and digital art.

Richard has a degree in Theoretical Physics from London University and is a member of the Institute of Directors